Many Nigerian graduates can't write one full sentence without need for multiple corrections, Minister of Education says

Malam Adamu Adamu 

Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has raised concerns about the current decline in the standard of education system in the country.

While speaking at the official commissioning of completed projects at Yola college, Adamawa state, Adamu lamented that an alarming number of graduates can neither read nor write in a proper manner.

Adamu, who was represented by the Director of Tertiary Education, Hajia Rakiya Gambo Iliyasu, said that the situation was a cause for concern.

He added that teachers and students need to “buckle up” and face their respective tasks squarely so as to reverse the situation.

The Minister said that some graduates and students had been found to be unable to write a full sentence without the need for multiple corrections.

He hence urged all educational stakeholders to sit up so as to ensure the decline in the value and standard of education is bridged within the possible shortest time.